M5.5 earthquake Fiji region
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck in the Fiji region on Sat, May 12, 2007, 3:36 PM GMT-12 (03:36 UTC), 604 km (376 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 south of the Fiji Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-13 03:36:14 UTC
- Depth
- 604.4 km (375.6 mi), deep
- Epicenter
- 21.683° S, 179.211° W
- Region
- Fiji
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.45 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 5.4 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fbvv. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 153°, dip 7°, rake -118°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 1°, dip 84°, rake -87°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- Stations used
- 194
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5Fiji region · 7081 days ago · 546 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7078 days ago · 623 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.7Fiji region · 7064 days ago · 507 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2Fiji region · 7060 days ago · 637 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.9Fiji region · 7049 days ago · 600 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.3south of the Fiji Islands · 7038 days ago · 659 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.5south of the Fiji Islands · 7034 days ago · 391 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3Fiji region · 7033 days ago · 571 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.6south of the Fiji Islands · 7032 days ago · 606 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fbvv (also filed as gcmtb200705130336a, gcmt20070513033615, iscgem12654130). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.